Funny Human of the Week: Josh Androsky

By Matt Byrne. Byrne is a freelance writer based in Chicago, IL. He runs The Steamroller, a blog about the alt/not shitty comedy scene.

It’s week #50 for Funny Human of the Week, so happy golden anniversary to us, huh? Congratulations all around, thanks for sticking with us. This week’s human is LA-based skateboard rabbi-turned-comedian Josh Androsky, who you may know from his recent appearance on This American Life, or from his relentless travelling across this great country, doing standup in bars, movie theatres, and wherever else will have him (including The Comedy Exposition of 2014, a standup festival in Chicago this July that I’m helping organize!).

Josh is like the chill ass neighbor you wish you had instead of that guy who yells too loud at his TV about sports stuff. Affable, down for whatever, and totally willing to split this j with you. Here’s a short clip with some jokes, it’s a nice way for you to dip your toe into the Androsky pool.

Let’s go a little deeper now, let’s learn about life hacks (and maybe share some laughs) with Josh, with this clip that was posted to YouTube by a website where you can download coupons!

That’s a likeable dude, right? Seriously!

Like many funny humans before him, Josh is a very good Twitterman, as well. But don’t just take my word for it, here’s some examples:

i’m like fonzie in that i am jewish and if you look close enough i am very sad

— josh androsky (@ShutUpAndrosky) June 2, 2014

“show of hands: who here is creeped out that i am gonna masturbate to this memory of their hands because SURPRISE i have a hand fetish”

— josh androsky (@ShutUpAndrosky) April 25, 2014

AVAILABLE TWITTER HANDLES 4/25: @TheSaddestGrandpa @LilJoeyBiden @SexxyAccountant @OligarchyFan69 @LumpyTheDogWhoCanRead @x_thrunch_x

— josh androsky (@ShutUpAndrosky) April 25, 2014

He’s also something of a #SocialJusticeWarrior

just made an illegal u-turn to fuck with a group of old white anti-women protesters at planned parenthood.

— josh androsky (@ShutUpAndrosky) May 31, 2014

every gun lobbyist should be forced to start smoking bc at least that horrible thing they think makes them look cool won’t hurt anybody else

— josh androsky (@ShutUpAndrosky) May 28, 2014

literally the ONLY thing we white men in america didn’t have was the ability to play the victim. thanks, men’s rights activists!

— josh androsky (@ShutUpAndrosky) May 25, 2014

Here’s some more apolitical goofs:

i wanna do a character called Don Vaper and just be like *vapes* “when you inhale on the cold truth of a blu e-cig, you exhale knowledge.”

— josh androsky (@ShutUpAndrosky) April 18, 2014

the most gratifying thing about doing small towns is meeting all the people, and telling them that bill cosby sexually assaulted 12 women.

— josh androsky (@ShutUpAndrosky) April 12, 2014

if i die b4 i wake take my penis out of my hands so the news doesn’t see ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

— josh androsky (@ShutUpAndrosky) April 22, 2014

I mentioned before that you might have heard Josh on This American Life recently… He told a story about his experiences as a contestant on Drew Carey’s The Price Is Right while tripping h a r d on mushrooms. It’s a story for the ages. Josh was nice enough to edit together the important parts from his game show debut for us to enjoy before it’s time to go for another week.